Two people have been taken to hospital following a "serious" crash which shut the A483.

The two vehicle accident took place between the Halton Roundabout and Ruabon , near Wrexham shortly before 7pm and closed the road being in both directions.

The road is expected to remain closed until the early hours of Friday.

The emergency services rushed to the scene and the Wales Ambulance Service confirmed one of the injured motorists was airlifted to the trauma unit at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent.